UN top court can rule on Ukraine case against Russia
The UN’s top court has said it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought against Russia by Ukraine.
Kyiv brought the case at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), days after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Kyiv accuses Moscow of falsely using genocide law to justify its brutal invasion which continues.
Russia says it intervened in Ukraine to prevent a genocidal attack on ethnic Russians in the eastern Donbas region.
Ukrainian representative Anton Korynevych welcomed the decision.